COVID-19: Discussion of Impact 😷

[Radiohead]

@turdall

27,000 tests done yesterday for 77 cases. I don’t think that is too bad at all.

Yes and no, whilst it’s only 2.8 infections per 1000, extrapolate that across 300,000 people in the affected postcodes, that’s 855 infections.

[TelevisionAU]

@JohnsonTV

I think when the pandemic is over, there will be class action from small businesses against the Victorian Government to recoup financial losses they have suffered during the two lockdowns.

Isn’t the Victorian Government already offering financial assistance to businesses impacted?

[littlegezzybear]

Melbourne passengers to be met with security blitz at Sydney Airport

A man who tested positive for COVID-19 in hotel quarantine in Melbourne was allowed to fly to Sydney only to test positive again after working for two days at Balmain Woolworths with symptoms.

[JohnsonTV]

@TelevisionAU

Isn’t the Victorian Government already offering financial assistance to businesses impacted?

Yes, but there are reports that some businesses may not survive the second lockdown despite government assistance.

[JBar]

Trump still thinks virus will ‘just disappear’

[BJT2]

All I can say is… if we don’t get Victoria under control it will only be a mater of time until we see outbreaks appearing in other states. We saw two examples today of how easy this virus spreads with 1 case in NSWs and another in the NT.

[mubd]

The cluster at Coles’ Laverton Distribution Centre is affecting supermarket supplies due to short staffing, necessitating new product limits. Hey, those panic buyers might have been onto something.

Coles imposes further grocery limits amid Victoria coronavirus surge

[JohnsonTV]

The Age (theage)

Using drones is draconian.
All the mental health support for people suffering lockdown is not enough, the Victorian Government must promise no more lockdowns in future. This will only increase social divide.
I think people living in these 36 suburbs should leave their cars at home and travel by public transport if possible.

[turdall]

@Radiohead

Yes and no, whilst it’s only 2.8 infections per 1000, extrapolate that across 300,000 people in the affected postcodes, that’s 855 infections.

I think 27,000 tests in one day is quite the feat regardless of the positive cases and that is what I was highlighting. It’s a great accomplishment to get that many done in one day.

[turdall]

@littlegezzybear

would be some people who don’t know their postcode without looking it up.

Yeah I don’t know my postcode. I actually had to look it up.

[JasonF]

i disagree 100 % the govt doenst have to promise anything. if anything must do all that they can do get top on this even if it means more lockdowns by postcode. and with some one with mental illness i can say iam ok with everything the govt has done and will do.

[Frankie]

@JohnsonTV

I think people living in these 36 suburbs should leave their cars at home and travel by public transport if possible.

Wow. And we wonder why some people just don’t get it.

Stop listening to the Victorian Liberal Party talking points, they’re bad for our state’s health.

[OnAir]

@JohnsonTV

the Victorian Government must promise no more lockdowns in future

Ridiculous.
They would be insane to promise this. Eliminating the virus has to be prioritised over all else - businesses, lifestyles, jobs etc. Or else it will be even longer.

[MelbTV]

@Frankie

Stop listening to the Victorian Liberal Party talking points, they’re bad for our state’s health.

Today they were calling for Health Minister Jenny Mikakos to be sacked due to the hotel quarantine debacle. They seriously have nothing else better to do. Hope they enjoy opposition even more after the 2022 election

[turdall]

@OnAir

Eliminating the virus has to be prioritised over all else

I am not saying I disagree but do you think elimination is ever a possibility in Australia? And if they don’t eliminate when can other issues become a priority? We saw issues such as black lives matter pushed aside by the government because of the pandemic and we can’t let other issues just slip in the next 18 months just because we are trying to eliminate covid19

[Chris]

@JohnsonTV

the Victorian Government must promise no more lockdowns in future. This will only increase social divide.
I think people living in these 36 suburbs should leave their cars at home and travel by public transport if possible.

Surely you are trolling…

[OnAir]

@turdall

I am not saying I disagree but do you think elimination is ever a possibility in Australia? And if they don’t eliminate when can other issues become a priority? We saw issues such as black lives matter pushed aside by the government because of the pandemic and we can’t let other issues just slip in the next 18 months just because we are trying to eliminate covid19

Elimination should be the mentality and decisions should be made with it in mind, certainly until the end of the year at least anyway.

While I appreciate what you mean about “other issues”, the reality is the virus is going to shape decisions made over the next 2, 5, 10 years and the better the coming months are controlled, the better we can deal with other issues and a “new reality”.

[TelevisionAU]

@JohnsonTV

the Victorian Government must promise no more lockdowns in future

Are you mates with Tim Smith MP?

[turdall]

@OnAir

While I appreciate what you mean about “other issues”, the reality is the virus is going to shape decisions made over the next 2, 5, 10 years and the better the coming months are controlled, the better we can deal with other issues and a “new reality”.

Look I am not trying to argue but I think it’s an important conversation to have. So do things like domestic violence just get ignored until the end of the year?

[OnAir]

@turdall

So do things like domestic violence just get ignored until the end of the year?

It’s a discussion, not an argument.
It is possible to focus on more than one thing at once. Police are still carrying out police work.
The DV stats as a result of Covid-19 are a worry and measures should be in place to shut it down, but it’s not a matter of one over the other.